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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
relapse
I.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
relapse into a coma (=go into a coma again)
▪ She was making progress, but then she suddenly relapsed into a coma.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Most drug abusers relapse within a year.
▪ On vacation at home, he relapsed and had to return to hospital for further tests.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He was also beginning to relapse into invective and his voice was rising.
▪ I relapsed into a seeming normality.
▪ If not, we relapse into scepticism.
▪ It should be remembered that one can not relapse unless one has first been in recovery.
▪ The last thing I wanted was to relapse into the role of a patronizing objective observer.
▪ Unfortunately, she occasionally relapses, requiring short-term hospitalization.
II.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
suffer
▪ And half the patients who discontinue medication suffer a relapse within six months, he said.
▪ He suffered a relapse after the car crash in 1987.
▪ They become less effective and even more difficult when a patient suffers a relapse.
▪ And earlier this year Maisie suffered a shock relapse.
▪ When he suffered a relapse, his parents sent him to see Nolan.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Relapses are common among some recovering alcoholics.
▪ A sudden relapse forced Peggy to stay in the hospital until Monday.
▪ Grandad had an unexpected relapse and died within a week.
▪ These herbal remedies become less effective if the patient suffers a relapse.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And half the patients who discontinue medication suffer a relapse within six months, he said.
▪ As a group, the relapse rate in adults is greater than in children.
▪ For a thorough discussion of relapse prevention, see chapter 11.
▪ He could always have a relapse later if necessary.
▪ Neither recovery nor relapse is a straight line.
▪ Patients taking sulphasalazine at the time of onset of relapse continued on this drug.
▪ What are the signs of relapse?
▪ When the relapse came, she let it go too long.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Relapse

Relapse \Re*lapse"\, n. [For sense 2 cf. F. relaps. See Relapse, v.]

  1. A sliding or falling back, especially into a former bad state, either of body or morals; backsliding; the state of having fallen back.

    Alas! from what high hope to what relapse Unlooked for are we fallen!
    --Milton.

  2. One who has relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a backslider; specifically, one who, after recanting error, returns to it again. [Obs.]

Relapse

Relapse \Re*lapse"\ (r?-l?ps"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Relapsed (-l?pst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Relapsing.] [L. relapsus, p. p. of relabi to slip back, to relapse; pref. re- re- + labi to fall, slip, slide. See Lapse.]

  1. To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back. [Obs.]
    --Dryden.

  2. To slide or turn back into a former state or practice; to fall back from some condition attained; -- generally in a bad sense, as from a state of convalescence or amended condition; as, to relapse into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism; -- sometimes in a good sense; as, to relapse into slumber after being disturbed.

    That task performed, [preachers] relapse into themselves.
    --Cowper.

  3. (Theol.) To fall from Christian faith into paganism, heresy, or unbelief; to backslide.

    They enter into the justified state, and so continue all along, unless they relapse.
    --Waterland.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
relapse

early 15c., "renounce;" 1560s, "fall into a former state," from Latin relapsus, past participle of relabi "slip back, slide back, sink back," from re- "back" (see re-) + labi "to slip" (see lapse (n.)). Related: Relapsed; relapsing.

relapse

mid-15c., from relapse (v.).

Wiktionary
relapse

n. 1 The act or situation of relapsing. 2 (context medicine English) An occasion when a person becomes ill again after a period of improvement 3 (context obsolete English) One who has relapsed, or fallen back into error; a backslider. vb. (context intransitive English) To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.

WordNet
relapse
  1. n. a failure to maintain a higher state [syn: backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapsing, reversion, reverting]

  2. v. deteriorate in health; "he relapsed" [syn: get worse] [ant: get well]

  3. go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals" [syn: lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back]

Wikipedia
Relapse

In medicine, relapse or recidivism is a recurrence of a past (typically medical) condition. For example, MS or malaria often exhibit peaks of activity and sometimes long periods of dormancy.

In the context of drug use, relapse or reinstatement of drug-seeking behavior, is a form of spontaneous recovery that involves the recurrence of pathological drug use after a period of abstinence. Relapse is often observed in individuals who have developed a drug addiction or either form of drug dependence.

Relapse (EP)

Relapse is an EP by British rock band Oceansize, released in October 2002 on Beggars Banquet Records. It was produced by Tim Smith of the band Cardiacs, and Sel Balamir of the band Amplifier contributed to mixing. Two of the EP's tracks, "Amputee" and "You Wish", were re-recorded in 2003 for Effloresce. An earlier version of "Relapse" appeared as "Ebb" on the Amputee EP.

Relapse (Eminem album)

Relapse is the sixth studio album by American rapper Eminem. The album was released on May 19, 2009, under Aftermath Entertainment, Shady Records, and Interscope Records. It was his first album of original material since Encore (2004), following a four-year hiatus from recording due to his writer's block and an addiction to prescription sleeping medication. Recording sessions for the album took place during 2005 to 2009 at several recording studios, and Dr. Dre, Mark Batson, and Eminem handled production. Conceptually, Relapse concerns the ending of his drug rehabilitation, rapping after a non-fictional relapse, and the return of his Slim Shady alter-ego.

One of the most anticipated album releases of 2009, Relapse debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 608,000 copies in its first week. It produced three singles that attained chart success and has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album received mixed reviews from most music critics, who were divided in their responses towards Eminem's lyrics. It has sold more than 2.3 million copies in the United States.

Relapse (disambiguation)

A relapse is a recurrence of a past (typically medical) condition. It may also refer to:

  • Relapse Records, a record label
  • Relapse (Eminem album), a 2009 Grammy-winning album by Eminem
  • Relapse (Ministry album), a 2012 music album by Ministry
  • Relapse (EP), a 2002 EP by Oceansize
  • The Relapse, a 1696 play by John Vanbrugh
Relapse (Ministry album)

Relapse is the twelfth studio album by industrial metal band Ministry, which was released on March 23, 2012 through 13th Planet Records. It was recorded in the wake of their three-year hiatus from November 2008 to August 2011 as well as Al Jourgensen's near-death experience in 2010.

Usage examples of "relapse".

Notary take care to set it down that the said abjuration was made by one gravely suspected of heresy, so that if she should be proved to have relapsed, she should then be judged accordingly and delivered up to the secular Court.

And even if he were to relapse into the same heresy which he had abjured, he would still not be liable to the said penalty, although he would be more severely punished than would have been the case if he had not abjured.

Some acute ailments are attended by greater risks of a relapse during convalescence, and this applies particularly to those affecting respiration.

Laurette, and asked her some questions concerning the road, and whether the motion was too slow or too rapid, and then, without attending to the answer, relapsed into his former state of silence and thoughtfulness.

In Ireland, it was still more requisite, among a rude people, not yet thoroughly subdued, averse to the religion and manners of their conquerors, ready on all occasions to relapse into rebellion and disorder.

So he wrenched himself away with what dignity he might, and, relapsing into his natural or Buskin phase as soon as he got outside, comforted himself with a glass of stiff whiskey and water at the refreshment bar of the railway station before getting into the train for London.

Often and anxiously the Cabalist shot a glance at his companion, and then again relapsed into reverie.

One strong proof of this is found in the fact that persons who are cured with it are not so liable to relapse as those in whom the chills are broken with Quinine or other agents.

From being an eccentric and outspoken old man in his dotage, he had relapsed into an eccentric and outspoken old man with more faculties at his command than his age warranted.

If doxycycline is used, it is continued for fourteen days to reduce the chance of relapse.

And there too you have the humanistic position which runs not the slightest risk of involving itself in contradictions, or of relapsing into churchly hypocrisy, when it sees in the body the antagonist, the representative of the evil principle.

The tears now fell fast upon her cheek, and he was relapsing into the phrensy of despair, when Emily endeavoured to recall her fortitude and to terminate an interview, which only seemed to increase the distress of both.

When the law was given in thunder from Mount Sinai, when the tides of the ocean and the course of the planets were suspended for the convenience of the Israelites, and when temporal rewards and punishments were the immediate consequences of their piety or disobedience, they perpetually relapsed into rebellion against the visible majesty of their Divine King, placed the idols of the nations in the sanctuary of Jehovah, and imitated every fantastic ceremony that was practised in the tents of the Arabs, or in the cities of Phoenicia.

East, insensibly relapsed into his former habits of luxury and indolence.

The independent Britons appear to have relapsed into the state of original barbarism, from whence they had been imperfectly reclaimed.